Culinary utensil.



H. F. HALL.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 29,1906.

902,577. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

A TTORNE Y UNITED STATES HARRY F. HALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed October 29, 1906. Serial No. 340,947.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY F. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State. ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCulinary Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in culinaryutensils, and has for its object to provide a simple and effectiveapparatus by which all kinds of soups, sauces, vegetables such aspumpkins, cranberries, apples and various other fruits may be passed andstrained in a shorter period of time, obtaining a larger portion of thematerials than heretofore known with.

less residue or waste, and a further object of my invention is toprovide for the ready attachment and detachment of the sieve to andfrom: the apparatus.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is anelevation of an apparatus made in accordance with my improvement, thespindle sieve and sieve holder being in section to clearly show theconstruction of these parts. Fig. 2, .a'plan view of the sieve. Fig. 3,a plan view of the brush and stirrers. Fig. 4, a detail view of one ofthe stirrers showing the formation of teeth thereon.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, I provide an upright orstandard A adapted to be secured to a wall or other surface by suitablebolts passed through holes in the lugs B so as to firmly hold the samewhen in operation.

O and D are two arms formed with the standard, and in the arm D isjournaled a hollow shaft E, and in the arm 0 is journaled the spindle F,which latter passes downward from the hollow shaft E and has detachablysecured thereto the chuck G, the

latter being held in place on this spindle by the thumb screw H.

I represents the scouring arm, to the back of which is secured the shankJ adapted to pass into the chuck and be clamped in place by the thumbscrew K, and this scouring arm is provided with stirrers or sweeps L,each of which is secured to'one side of the back and project outward atan angle thereto, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

,M represents the receptacle in which the sauce or other material to bestrained is placed, and the bottom of this receptacle consists of asieve N'made of woven wire or perforated sheet metal as may be desired.

Around the upper edge of the receptacle within the holder P, which isbolted or otherwise secured to the upright A, and in order that thereceptacle may be held within the holder I provide a lug Q whichprojects from the under side of the holder and over which the ring 0 isadapted to pass, while at the opposite side of the holder is a springactuated latch pin R also adapted to pass beneath the ring and thussecure the same in place. By this arrangement the receptacle may bequickly secured to the holder or detached therefrom by the propermanipulation of the latch pin R, as will be readily understood.

I prefer that the sie e N shall be concaved and that the bristles of thebrush shall. be curved to match the same, so as to give an even pressureupon the sieve during the rotations of the brush, and likewise the loweredges of the stirrers or sweeps L should be sieve, but they should be ofshorter length than the bristles of the brush so as not to come incontact with the sieve, and these stirrers are preferably serrated asshown in Fig. 4, to readily and more rapidly reduce the bulk material tofine particles for the brush to pass or strain through the perfcration.

The spindle F has secured thereon the beveled pinion S which meshes withthe beveled gear T, the latter being carried by the wheel U, which maybe revolved by hand or power, and this arrangement will revolve thebrush I at a high rate of speed in the direction indicated by the arrowin Fig.- 3, and in so 1 doing will force the liquid portion of the M isa heavy ring or flange 0 adapted to fit V curved to correspond to thecurvature of the contents of the receptacle M through the sieve, thestirrer L revolving in front of the brush spreading out the materialupon the sieve so as to permit the brush to act in the most effectivemanner thereon.

In practice I have demonstrated that all kinds of sauces, especiallyheavy sauces and pures, fruits and vegetables may be strained through myapparatus, and all of the liquid portion thereof passed through thesieve leaving only the coarse solid matter in the receptacle, and thereceptacle may be con-' veniently cleaned by removing it from the holderas before described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, is

In combination with the spindle of a machine of the character described,a scourer, adapted to rotation in a horizontal plane arran ed upon thearm of the scourer, two

radially and horizontally extending sweeps provided with serrations upontheir lower faces, the sweeps attached to the scourer arm midway betweenthe center and extremities and oppositely disposed with reference tosaid arm, to permit of horizontal rotations of said arm in onedirection, the lower end of said sweeps being curved to correspond withthe curves at the bottom of the brushes as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HARRY F. HALL,

Witnesses:

HERMAN VON UFFEL, THOMAS H. PATTERSON.

